[aur-general] Catalyst/Nvidia cleanup

Tue May 15 01:46:25 EDT 2012

On 05/11/2012 09:33 PM, Jesse Juhani Jaara wrote:
> #Please remove the following out-of-date/old versions of catalyst
> #packages. None of them probably builds with the current stock kernels,
> #and mostlikely need really old version of X.org
>
> [1]catalyst-beta
> [2]catalyst-ice
> [3]catalyst-leaked
> [4]catalyst-old
> [5]catalyst-switch
> [6]catalyst-tp
> [7]catalyst-utils-old
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [1]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31216
> [2]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15482
> [3]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28842
> [4]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25105
> [5]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48208
> [6]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16406
> [7]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25106
Gone.
> =====================================================================
>
> #The following nvdia binary blob releated packages should be removed.
> #Reasons include orphan, out-of-date, old (beta/testing) versions, which
> #do not work with our current kernels, X.org or need some older gcc
> #release.
>
> [10]cuda-beta
> [11]cuda-sdk-beta
> [12]cuda-toolkit-beta
>
> [13]cuda-old
> [14]cuda-sdk-old
> [15]cuda-toolkit-old
> ##If needed the -old packages should be reuploaded as cuda2-X like done
> ##with most other applications and as with the verison 3 branch of
> #cuda(cuda3-X)
>
> [16]cuda-sdk-gcc34
> #Do we really need a version for gcc34?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [10]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48012
> [11]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47707
> [12]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47706
>
> [13]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30504
> [14]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30506
> [15]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30505
>
> [16]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26331
Gone.
> =====================================================================
>
> [20]nvidia-96xx-fbcondecor
> [21]nvidia-96xx-ice
> [22]nvidia-96xx-zen
> #No maintainer and depend on the old kernel26 naming scheme,
> #nvidia-96xx-all can build a package for any installed kernel. Merging
> #to nvidia-96xx-all, instead of removal, might be the way to go.
>
> [23]lib32-nvidia-utils-96xx
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [20]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25475
> [21]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15440
> [22]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13901
>
> [23]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32046
Gone.
> =====================================================================
>
> [30]nvidia-173xx-ck
> [31]nvidia-173xx-fbcondecor
> [32]nvidia-173xx-ice
> [33]nvidia-173xx-lqx
> [34]nvidia-173xx-lts
> #Merge into [35]nvidia-173xx-all, same reason as with the 96xx branch.
> #nvidia-173xx-all, is out-of-date but maintained unlike the others.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [30]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44381
> [31]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31986
> [32]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21059
> [33]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46877
> [34]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46112
>
> [35]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32909
Gone.
>
> =====================================================================
>
> [40]nvidia-256
> [41]nvidia-ck-256
> [42]nvidia-utils-256
> [43]lib32-nvidia-utils-256
> #If I undertood correctly from my googling, this is not an major version
> #branch, which dropped support for old hw. At the moment of writing
> #binary repo nvidia, has all of the same functionality + more
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [40]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42037
> [41]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43968
> [42]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42038
> [43]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43969
Gone.
> =====================================================================
>
> [50]nvidia-275xx
> [51]nvidia-275xx-ck
> [52]nvidia-utils-275xx
> [53]lib32-nvidia-utils-275xx
> [54]opencl-nvidia-275xx
> #If I understood correctly my googling, this is older version of the one
> #in binary repos (at the moment of writing), with the exeption of this
> #being for X.org server 1.11.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [50]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52283
> [51]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55013
> [52]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52285
> [53]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52284
> [54]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52286
>
> =====================================================================
I'm leaving these in there for now. There's recent activity and people
seem to be using them.
>
> [60]nforce-nvsound
> [61]nforce-nvsound-utils
> #Some really old OSS sound driver for nForce 1/2 motherboards, support
> #for them exist in kernel tree, accoeding to comments.
>
> [62]nvidia-builder
> #Out-of-date, non maintained, we can easily manage without it too. Easy
> #to remake if ever needed
>
> [63]rivatv-cvs
> #Old kernel triver, last commit 4 years ago, I'd be suprised if it would
> #build with modern kernel, without 5000 lines of patches ^_^
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [60]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6922
> [61]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6923
>
> [62]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31604
>
> [63]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9500
>
> =====================================================================
Gone.
>
> [70]nvidia-beta-zen: badly out-of-date, no maintainer
> [71]nvidia-ice-beta: -||-
> [72]nvidia-tp: -||-
> [73]nvidia-utils-glselect: -||-
> [74]nvidia-utils-ice: -||-
> [75]nvidia-utils-pselec: -||-
> [76]nvidia-utils-sane: -||-
> [77]nvidia-vs: -||-
> [78]nvidia-xen
> #out-of-date, no maintainer, does not build for xen kernel, but instead
> #the one which one booted in. `uname -r`
>
> [79]nvidia-yi: badly out-of-date, no maintainer.
> [80]nvidia-zen-stable
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [70]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13904
> [71]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20410
> [72]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14974
> [73]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35814
> [74]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50024
> [75]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35824
> [76]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29617
> [77]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45327
> [78]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13093
> [79]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37948
> [80]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30154
>
>
Gone.

Yay, that really cleaned up the nvidia packages. Thanks for helping out.